If you want a beautiful vintage blues or blues rock tone, you don't need a whole range of different guitar pedals. The blues is not really a 'pedal heavy' genre. And whilst there are a number of blues and blues rock guitarists - like Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore and Gary...
If you want to create varied and interesting blues guitar solos, I would strongly recommend getting to grips with the major pentatonic scale. As you might have guessed from the name, the major pentatonic scale is closely related to the more commonly used minor pentatonic scale. The latter is a...
I think there are very few blues guitarists out there who haven't wanted to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan at some point in their career. He is one of the most famous blues musicians of all time, and is celebrated for revitalising the whole genre of the blues in the 1980s....
Over the years, I have met only a handful of guitarists who pay real attention to their guitar picks. And I have met even fewer who spend time and effort searching for the best guitar picks for their playing style. It is easy to neglect your guitar picks. After all,...
If you want to play lead guitar, then learning the minor pentatonic scale is one of the best places to start. The minor pentatonic scale is by far the most commonly occurring scale in blues and rock music. It has been used to craft a huge number of famous riffs...
From the moment I first heard ‘Parisienne Walkways’ I have wanted to sound like Gary Moore. He has a fiery blues tone that is powerful and intense, yet full of soul. It is a beautiful tone that will serve you well as a blues guitarist, regardless of whether you are...
If you are looking to develop a killer blues guitar tone, you need to consider your guitar string gauges. I appreciate this might sound obvious. After all, the topic of guitar string gauges is one that is often spoken about. A lot of blues guitarists talk about the benefits of...
The world of guitar amps is difficult to navigate. There are so many different brands and models out there, which come in different sizes, and have different features and functions. There are also different types of amps to consider. Will a combo work better for you? Or does a stack...
In the last few years there has been an explosion in the popularity of the small guitar amp. Guitarists are no longer opting for big stacks and combos. Instead they are increasingly favouring smaller, low watt combos. And in response to this surge in popularity, companies like Fender and Marshall...
I have wanted to sound like Rory Gallagher since I was 13 years old. I had only just started to play the guitar, when my parents bought me a CD called ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. It featured a collection of some of the most iconic guitar solos of all time...
If you want to create varied and interesting blues guitar...
I think there are very few blues guitarists out there who...
Over the years, I have met only a handful of guitarists who...
If you want to play lead guitar, then learning the minor...
From the moment I first heard ‘Parisienne Walkways’ I...
If you are looking to develop a killer blues guitar tone,...
The world of guitar amps is difficult to navigate. There are...
In the last few years there has been an explosion in the...
I have wanted to sound like Rory Gallagher since I was 13...
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